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Khalil v. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

Case No. M112/2024
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

11/09/2024 Federal Court of Australia (Katzmann, Dowling and McDonald JJ)

[2024] FCAFC 119

Catchwords

Immigration – Ministerial Directions under s 499 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – visa cancellation – point in time of application of Direction - where Ministerial Direction 65 applied at time of delegate’s decision refusing to revoke cancellation of appellant’s visa – whether Full Court erred in failing to find Administrative Appeals Tribunal erred in applying later Ministerial Direction 90 in conducting review – whether appellant had accrued right for Direction 65 to be applied for purposes of s 7(2)(c) Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth).

Case Summary

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April 2025 (57.53 KB)
Documents

05/12/2024 Determination

12/12/2024 Notice of appeal

24/12/2024 Written submissions (Appellant)

24/12/2024 Chronology (Appellant)

20/02/2025 Written submissions (First Respondent)

11/03/2025 Reply

01/04/2025 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

01/04/2025 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)

01/04/2025 Outline of oral argument (First Respondent)

03/09/2025 Judgment (Judgment summary)